Following the success of its 3rd Marine and Coastal Engineering Summit that took place last year in Doha, IQPC is organizing the Port Development Week which will take place from 6-9 September 2015, again in Doha. This event will serve as an interactive platform for all project stakeholders and will
The Nanjing Hydraulics Research Institute (China), Deltares, Delft University of Technology, UNESCO-IHE and Rijkswaterstaat last week signed a joint declaration stating that they wished to further intensify their collaboration. At present, Deltares is engaged in a range of projects with China relati
Construction of the 900-meter quay at the Port of Gothenburg has been completed three months ahead of schedule thanks to close collaboration between the Port of Gothenburg, the terminal operator APM Terminals Gothenburg and the contractors. The quay is now ready to receive large ocean-going containe
Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge (TSHD) ‘Brage R’ is currently conducting dredging operations in the main channel and swing basin at the Port of Devonport. Just under 90m long and with a hopper capacity of 2150m³, the Brage R started dredging on Thursday, 21 May, and will stay on the site till mid-Jun
During the week of June 4-12, the inlet to San Elijo Lagoon will be breached from sand and cobble obstruction. This annual inlet excavation reconnects San Elijo Lagoon to the Pacific Ocean. San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy is the organization overseeing the process. “The lagoon’s inlet and channel appea
U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told the Shangri-La Dialogue on May 30 that China has gone much further and faster in the South China Sea land reclamation operations, more than all other claimants combined and more than in the entire history of the region. He criticized China’s actions in the S
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredge vessel Yaquina is in Morro Bay cleaning up the harbor bottom. The purpose of the dredging project is to remove sand and silt build up in order to provide a deeper, safer, more navigable channel. Designed by USACE and built by Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Cor
The Port of Cork has been granted planning permission for a €100m redevelopment of its harbor in Ringaskiddy. Brendan Keating, chief executive of the Port of Cork, said that while the decision and the conditions it entailed need to be considered in more detail, the Port is very pleased with the over
Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd has taken delivery of its first Damen Multi Cat 3013. Based in Fairlie, Ayrshire, the Scottish company is one of the largest operators of Damen vessels in the world, with 14 in its fleet. This order also represents an important milestone for Damen as it is the fir
The capital dredging works of Klaipeda Seaport Navigation Channel, between quay No. 9 and the Seaport gates, officially started last week. During this dredging project, scheduled for completion in autumn, an Austrian construction company “Strabag” will remove approximately 300.000 cubic meters of ma
The final phase of a seven-week dredging project to remove 18,000 tonnes of silt from Peel Marina began on Saturday, 30 May 2015. Dredging, which started in April, has successfully restored the depth of water around the pontoons in Peel to the correct level. Following the completion of the current s
China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd. (CHEC), a subsidiary of China Communications Construction Company Ltd., has won its first dredging contract in Vietnam. The company recently signed the agreement for the Lot 12 of the Duyen Hai power plant dredging project. The contract, worth approx $9 million
Construction of a temporary emergency drought barrier at West False River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is nearing completion about two weeks sooner than anticipated, according to the Department of Water Resources (DWR). The barrier now spans the approximately 750-foot-wide river between Jerse
WWF-Australia has welcomed UNESCO’s draft decision on the Great Barrier Reef. “UNESCO has placed Australia on probation. The Australian and Queensland Governments must now deliver on their promises to better protect the Reef,” said WWF-Australia CEO Dermot O’Gorman.“ The draft decision acknowledges
